Brady River Overflows Again Amid Rain and Flood Losses
Flood waters from the Brady river overflowed into the business district for a second time in a week with about 15 businesses flooded and rising water near the courthouse. Reports from Eden and San Angelo describe rising river levels, submerged railway facilities, and thousands in damages as several counties endure heavy rains and rivers approaching record highs.
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Brady
Texas
Brady River
Elvin
Courthouse Plaza
Marine Officer Shoots Himself in Nicaragua
First Lieut. Harvey Bayars Alban of the United States Marines died by his own hand near his Corinto home in Nicaragua on Saturday. Alban, a Missouri native, commanded the Nicaragua national guard unit in Corinto and is survived by his wife and six year old daughter. No motive was disclosed.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Harvey Bayars Alban
United States Marines
Corinto
Alban
Missouri
Nicaragua National Guard
Turk Kills Self When Immigration Men Come for Him
An anonymous man nicknamed Turk killed himself by slashing his abdomen as federal immigration officers moved to arrest him at Fort St. Phillips in Plaquemines parish for illegal entry. A farmer who employed him for about four years had recently informed authorities, prompting the raid. Investigators weigh peonage charges against the farmer for coercion over continued labor.
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New Orleans
Fort St. Phillips
Plaquemines Parish
United States
Brothers Held for Murder of Clement Cupit
In Harrisonburg and Ferriday reports, Gerard Finley and his brother Jesse Finley are charged with the ambush shooting death of Clement Cupit near the Finley home on Black river. Bloodhounds tracked the trail. Gerard is jailed in Winnsboro and Jesse in Jena as a grand jury may be convened to pursue murder charges.
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Jesse
Gerard Finley
Harrisonburg
C. C. Finlay
Jesse and
Clement W. Cupit
McCall
Miss
Ferriday
Jesse Finley
Catahoula Parish
McCall, Miss
Cupit
Finleys
Black River
P. E. Cooper
Jackson
Finley
Gerard
Franklin Parish
Winnsboro
LaSalle Parish
Jena
Finlay
Clement Cupit
Standard of Louisiana Slashes Gasoline Price in Memphis
Memphis stations reduced gasoline prices to pre war levels as Standard Oil of Louisiana cut one cent from yesterday. Prices moved to 14 and 17 cents a gallon. Shell Petroleum officials said they would match the cut, with other firms expected to follow.
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Memphis
Tenn
Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana
Shell Petroleum Company
Sweden’s oldest resident dies at 105 in Norrahammar
Mrs. Stina Greta Abrahamson aged 105, long cited as Sweden’s oldest inhabitant, died in Norrahammar. Her passing marks the end of a life noted for longevity and local prominence.
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Norrahammar
Sweden
Stina Greta Abrahamson
Prison Sentence Ties Science and Religion Clash in Missouri
Baptist minister Rev. W. W. Woodson, 50, defied a city infantile paralysis quarantine during prayer services, asserting the world’s end. He was jailed after a confrontation with Ralph Lozier, who appealed for children’s welfare, while his followers largely stayed with him at the church parsonage. The case ties religious defiance to public health measures amid schoolboy-sized tensions.
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Associated Press
Carrollton
W. W. Woodson
Schnapp
Bonnie Jean
C. B. Schnapp
Woodson
Ralph Lozier
Congress
J. Frank Norris
Fort Worth
Tex
Full Pardon Requested for Vernon Scruggs in 1927 Death Case
Vernon Scruggs of West Monroe, once sentenced to death for the 1927 slaying of his sweetheart Miss Mildred Thomas near Monroe, seeks a full pardon from Louisiana's state pardon board. His counsel argues conviction rested on circumstantial evidence after the sentence was commuted to life.
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New Orleans
State Pardon Board
Vernon Scruggs
West Monroe
Ildred Thomas
Monroe
Scruggs
Voters to Nominate City Judge in West Monroe Runoff
Sheriff office began issuing 35 election boxes for the run off in Ouachita parish with 29 to be used in state precincts and five in ward five parish election. Ward five expected heavy voting for the city judge race while interest in a public service commissioner remained light. Surviving candidates W Decker Moore and J O McCormick were prominent in the runoff campaign.
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Milton Coverdale
West Monroe
Public Service
Ouachita Parish
Ward Five
W. Decker Moore
J. O. McCormick
Indiana Baby Girl Found After Overnight Missing
Rose Marie Deicheber an 18 month old girl missing overnight and believed kidnaped was found unharmed two blocks from her home in Hammond Indiana. Police and about 1000 Boy Scouts conducted the search through the neighborhood.
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Hammond
Ind
Rose Marie Deicheber
Drink Vending Machines in Berlin Offer Beer by Coin
Berlin features drink vending machines at subway and elevated stands where a coin grants a glass of beer. A paper cupful of beverage dispenses, though details on varieties and prices are unclear from the fragment.
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Berlin
Lone Bandit Fails in Shreveport Theatre Hold-Up
In Shreveport on October 13 a lone bandit, about 35, captured three negro porters and builder A J Voight, tied them, and taped their mouths at the Strand theatre. He fired at Harry Ehrlich when the safe was not opened. the shot hit the wall and did not stop him. He escaped through an alley with no money taken.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
A. J. Voight
Strand Theatre
Harry Ehrlich
Ehrlich
Case Against Long Dugas Is In Court Today
A $25 000 damage suit over the death of convict Curtis Blackwell is set to be decided on briefs in Baton Rouge under Judge W Carruth Jones. Defendants Huey P Long Clay J Dugas Burgin face no right cause misjoinder and jurisdiction challenges with five days given to file briefs. Georgia Raynor sues for damages for her husband, Curtis Blackwell.
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Baton Rouge
W. Carruth Jones
District Court
Huey P. Long
Clay J. Dugas
State Penitentiary
John P. Burgin
Pointe Coupee
Georgia Raynor
Negress
Curtis Blackwell
Sailors Postpone International Race On Cape Coast
Gloucester mass October 13 wind and weather again forced postponement of a race for international honors between two fishing schooners today.
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Gloucester
Mass
Arkansas papers urge cotton payment in car purchases
Six Arkansas newspapers including Hope Star and Camden News urge automakers Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Nash, and Studebaker to accept a bale of cotton at 75 dollars as part payment with cooperatives ensuring at least 45 dollars per bale. The plan aims to boost auto sales and stabilize cotton prices in the south.
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United Press Hope
Ark
Arkansas
South
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Motors
General Motors
Nash Company
Studebaker Corporation
Hope Star
Camden News
el Doctorado
Evening Times
Hot Springs
Tiny Girl Flier Seeks Record Across Country
Valley Stream New York October 13 Mrs Keith Miller British aviatrix took off from Curtiss field at 630 am for a flight to Los Angeles to lower the women transcontinental record set by Miss Laura Ingalls She planned to stop at Indianapolis and overnight at Wichita Kansas flying a small low wing monoplane with under 100 gallons of fuel Cushions behind her to reach controls lunch sandwiches aboard Weather outlook favored smooth flying to Wichita Separately Amarillo Texas October 13 reports unfavorable weather delaying the eastward flight of Robert Buck and Miss Laura Ingalls who aim to set west to east trans continental air records They planned to depart for Wichita Kansas once weather improves
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Associated Press
Valley Stream
N. Y
Keith Miller
Curtiss Field
E.S.T
Los Angeles
Laura Ingalls
Indianapolis
Wichita
Kans
Amarillo
Texas
Robert Buck
Slayer of Wife Ends Own Life Before Trial
In Cleveland Tony Colletto, 21, hanged himself in his county jail cell ahead of a first degree murder trial for killing his 18 year old wife Christina. Colletto, who had married last August, shot her after she admitted seeing other men, then fled the scene.
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Cleveland
Tony Colletto
Christina
Colletto
Collette
One Dead and Seventeen Hurt in Memphis Area Auto Accidents
A weekend of mobile mishaps in the Memphis region left one man dead. M F Wyatt, 59, an automobile dealer from Meadville Pennsylvania, died from injuries after his car left the highway near Marion Arkansas and overturned. His wife, who rode with him, was listed in critical condition and unlikely to recover.
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Memphis
Tenn
M. F. Wyatt
Meadville
Wyatt
Marion
Ark
First Labor War Begins at Edison Plant in 16 Years
West Orange N J Oct 15 For the first time in 16 years labor trouble developed today at the plant of Thomas A Edison Members of local Polishers and Buffers Union were ordered on strike by officials of the union H J Dumpert business representative said a recent cut in wages by Edison industries would allow a man to earn only 70 cents an hour against 93 and 97 cents under the former scale No statement was forthcoming from company officials Ten union pickets were stationed outside the gates today Police kept them moving but did not attempt to drive them away There was no disturbance
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Polishers and Buffers Union
H. J. Dumpert
Edison Industries
Ouachita School Board Attorneys File Answer
Counsel for the Ouachita parish school board filed an answer in district court after Judge J. T. Shell’s opinion in the Monroe case over the city’s bid to require payment of Thomas street assessments. The board contests the assessment as improperly computed, citing incorrect paving footage and other grounds. The case likely will be set for trial Wednesday at 10 AM, with continued discussion on page three.
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Ouachita Parish
J. T. Shell
Monroe
Thomas Street
Chinese Pirates Take Boat in Oriental River
Chinese pirates posing as passengers halted the steamer Sunnmahoi on the West river in Hong Kong harbor. They killed two guards, seized four guards and 30 passengers, and escaped with 9009 dollars. Bandits on shore fired on the ship during the hijack.
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Oriental
Hong Kong
Sunnmahoi
West River
Priestley Found Burned To Death In His Car
Bulletin said Fannin County Clerk F C Priestley was found burned to death in his automobile in Sulphur creek bottom. He had left with his wife for Ladonia and returned alone. No cause of fire evident. Priestley sat at the steering wheel with his body burned beyond recognition.
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Bonham
Texas
F. C. Priestley
Fannin County
McGuen Proposal Discussed in Executive Session
The cotton relief plan submitted today to the cotton conference by D C McGuen president of the American Cotton Shippers Association provides for advance loans by banks to cotton farmers on a basis of reduced acreage and holding off part of this year’s crop from the market.
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New Orleans
D. C. McGuen
American Cotton Shippers’ Association
Plan for cotton relief proposed by American Cotton Shippers
The American Cotton Shippers association president C. E. McGuen prepared a new plan for submission to a cotton conference attended by high government officials and prominent cotton men. McGuen ruled out discussion of proposals as the session opened then adjourned for Lamont to deliver a keynote. A separate relief proposal by W. K. Henderson, via Henry Herben er, urged government control of planting to starve the boll weevil.
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New Orleans
C. E. McGuen
American Cotton Shippers Association
McGuen
Cotton Shippers
American Cotton Co-Operative Association
Lamont
Department of Commerce
W. K. Henderson
Shreveport
Henry Herbener
Arkansas Confederate Veterans Chief Dies at 85
BEBEE Ark Oct 13 Gen R T Martin 85 state commander of Arkansas Confederate soldiers died at his home shortly before noon today cause listed as acute indigestion He was chosen state commander at last week s Confederate annual meeting A longtime Civil War veteran he enlisted in the southern army early in the conflict and served through major battles
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Bebee
Ark
R. T. Martin
Arkansas
Martin
Investment Bankers See Bright Future for U S
New Orleans convention quote from Trowbridge Calloway president of the Investment Bankers Association of America. He declares wealth producing power unharmed and optimism about America’s financial future. He notes the speculation surge is past and traditional value standards are returning, urging bankers to guide savings into solid, productive investments.
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New Orleans
Trowbridge Calloway
New York
Investment Bankers Association of America
Calloway
Wwe
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